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Jesper
Jesper

Reputation: 31

Inno Setup Font Issue on Swedish Windows 10

I have a well running Inno Setup installer file, that has been behaving very nicely for several years.

One of its nicest behaviours is the ability to install fonts, this works fine on all Windows 10 OS's I have tried so far, except a Swedish Windows 10 (Enterprise and Pro).

On a Swedish Windows 10 nothing is placed in the default Windows font folder. I can reproduce this error on different machines running Windows 10 with Swedish localization. The installer script works on Windows 7 with Swedish localization. It also works on Danish and Norwegian Windows 10 installations.

Source: "..\Components\Fonts\IDACodHM.TTF"; DestDir: {fonts}; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist uninsneveruninstall; FontInstall: "IDA Codabar HR Med"
Source: "..\Components\Fonts\IDACodHS.TTF"; DestDir: {fonts}; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist uninsneveruninstall; FontInstall: "IDA Codabar HR Short"
Source: "..\Components\Fonts\IDACodHT.TTF"; DestDir: {fonts}; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist uninsneveruninstall; FontInstall: "IDA Codabar HR Tall"
Source: "..\Components\Fonts\IDACod_M.TTF"; DestDir: {fonts}; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist uninsneveruninstall; FontInstall: "IDA Codabar Med"
Source: "..\Components\Fonts\IDACod_S.TTF"; DestDir: {fonts}; Flags: onlyifdoesntexist uninsneveruninstall; FontInstall: "IDA Codabar Short"

I'm allowed to copy the fonts into another folder on the machine, but then the user has to install these fonts manually. I can try creating a .Net based installation app, with just this purpose, but I think Inno Setup should be able to handle this, somehow.

I have updated to the latest Inno Setup version 5.5.8 and the error is still there.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 551

Answers (1)

Jesper
Jesper

Reputation: 31

There is a Windows 10 option to hide Fonts based on Language settings, Doh!!!

This seemed to work on the Enterprise edition, not on the pro version.

In Explorer open C:\Windows\fonts choose from the menu presented to the left.

Font type settings (2 option) and uncheck the first checkbox, hide fonts based on language settings

Press ok, and now the missing font should appear inside the font folder.

After testing again it seems necessary to click the link to reset font settings to default and then remove the checkmark...

Screen dump of settings picture

Upvotes: 2

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